Are investors making a huge mistake in thinking ETFs are somehow more liquid than their underlying investments?
Central bank policies showing signs of exhaustion, investment giant says.
Investors yank money from stock funds in time to miss May rally.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Small caps have started to outperform, and it might be connected to the Fed's downward revision on 2016 rate hikes.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> If the heaping cash stockpiles are any indication, investors are getting more nervous by the day.
Most robos boast standard safeguards to prevent wash sales on accounts on the platforms, but can't guard against non-platform trading.
As comment period ends, firms hope to ensure the SEC knows that ETFs help, and don't hurt, liquidity, price discovery.
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Investors and money managers caught off guard by commodity markets.
EGA is a provider of emerging markets smart-beta funds.
Customizing portfolios introduces human frailty and failure.
Closet indexers virtually guarantee lagging performance
Increased SEC scrutiny may be making ETF providers uncomfortable, and the industry may soon have to adapt to new regulations. </br><b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20160417/ETF042016" target="_blank">The full Spotlight on ETFs special report</a>)</b></i>
It's no secret that strategic-beta exchange-traded products have become a pervasive part of the marketplace, rewarding investors with innovative tools to diversify and fine-tune portfolios in ways traditional market-capitalization-weighted indexes don't allow.
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Recent SEC filing by the fund giant hints at new funds in the works.
The inflow was the most since January 2013, thanks to the market's extreme volatility during 2016's start.
Bats Global deal seen as 'ice-breaker.'
Measure would square the safe harbor already provided to mutual funds.
